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"If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
It's that time of year to think about your Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda list or for some its our New Years Resolutions.
It's that time of year when we 'herd' people into staff and board retreats and re-evaluate the strategic plan and also the time of year we feel our waist lines explode over our jeans and think back to the #1 New Year's Resolution - to lose weight.
The question for me is at what point did we really understand the immensity of the sea before us? When we wrote the goal did we really design a plan to approach the magnitude of work that it would take?
Planning needs to address the vision. Before you can even think about the assigned tasks ask yourself; Do you have the right people on board? Is the big picture defined and in writing? For many of us the big picture is clearer now then it has ever been and therefore it's time to clarify our vision, determine our goals, and embark on the journey to reinvest in ourselves and our team.
A final question I'd like you to consider is on the subject of being a catalyst for creating extraordinary organizations. It isn't a destination. Rather, it is something you create everyday as it should embody the way we work on a daily basis. Can we align our purpose, our actions, our values and our passion to build our extraordinary ships?
Emma Good is a ><((“> Team Member at Catch Your Limit Consulting, a management and marketing firm with offices in Tallahassee, Florida and Richmond, Virginia. She is a keynote speaker, facilitator, blogger and contributing author for international, national and regional publications. To learn more, visit http://www.catchyourlimit.com/
